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Hide My Email

Apple has a feature called Hide My Email that creates a unique, random email address which forwards to your iCloud email address. This is used to hide your real email address from websites and services that you sign up for. This is a great way to keep your email address private and reduce the amount of spam you receive.

How to create a Hide My Email address

There are two basic ways to create a Hide My Email address.

  1. You can create one when you sign up for a new service, or,
  2. You can create one in the iCloud settings on your device.

Creating a Hide My Email address when signing up for a new service

When signing up for a new service on the web, you can create a Hide My Email address right from the sign-up form.

  1. Click in the email address field on the sign-up form. Click in the email address field
  2. Click the “Hide My Email” option that appears in the dropdown list. You may have to scroll down in the dropdown list to see it. NOTE: If you don’t see the dropdown list appear, click outside of the email text box and then back inside the email textbox. Click the "Hide My Email" option

This will create an email address for you that forwards to your iCloud email address and save it in your iCloud settings automatically.

Creating a Hide My Email address in iCloud settings

You can also create a Hide My Email address directly in the iCloud settings on your device. You will have to then copy and paste the Hide My Email address into the sign-up form.

  1. Open settings on your Mac or iOS device. Settings on Mac Settings on iOS
  2. Tap on your account name at the top of the settings screen. Tap on “iCloud” in the list of options. Under iCloud, tap on “Hide My Email”. Tap on "Hide My Email" Tap on "Hide My Email"
  3. The Hide My Email screen will show a list of any existing Hide My Email addresses. On the Mac, tap the ”+” to add a new one. On iOS, tap ”+ Create new Address” to add a new one. Tap + Tap +
  4. Hide My Email will create an email address. Add a label for yourself so you can remember what site or app the email address is for. This will also help you search for it in the future. On the Mac, click the “Continue” button. On iOS, tap “Next”. Add a label Add a label
  5. On the Mac, click the “Copy Address” button after the email is created, then click “Done”. On iOS, long-press the email address and choose copy. Then click “Done”. Copy Address Copy Address
  6. Paste the email address into the sign-up form on the website or app. Paste the email address
  7. You can open Hide My Email in iCloud settings at any time to see a list of your Hide My Email addresses and search for them by email address or label. You can also choose to deactivate any Hide My Email address you no longer need. Hide My Email address search

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